Strategies for managing knowledge assets: A tale of two companies

Technovation

Volumn 18, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 529-539

  Griffiths, Dorothy ^a   Boisot, Max ^a,b   Mole, Veronica ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 0004765846     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4972(98)00025-x     Document Type: Article

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